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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1947
Page
2
Washington on December 24 1944 reports a whisky making holiday ending at midnight allowing distilleries to use grain with minimal restraint while President Truman weighs wartime ration policy. Industry officials and Agriculture Anderson seek guidance as the distillery sector weighs how much grain to store and how to adapt to potential shortages.
Santa Claus in Marshall Missouri works through a heavy mail load. He plans to answer every letter even if delayed past Christmas. Children address letters to Santa Claus North Pole or Santa Claus North Pole Marshall Mo. He notes the sincere effort in their letters and continues teaching for the Church of God in North America.
Funeral services will be held Friday for Miller on Michigan Avenue. The deceased, with a years long illness, passed after a critical period last week. The article notes a former lover, Mrs Miller, of Rhode Island Street, Law anti.
The report describes President Wil hosting Christmas at the White House with guests including White House staff. The event features a decorated living tree on the south lawn and a televised ceremony planned for the first time.
Admission notes show George G Wutaw Linwood Mrs Martha Rutherford 2137 Tennessee street Mrs Delores Kile Cor Hotel Topeka and others admitted or dismissed across multiple addresses. Birth reports record a daughter for Mr and Mrs Richard Nighten at 1845 Laura Street on December 23 and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Joe Wilson at 1001 Alabama Street today.
In Jerusalem a Jew and two Arabs were fatally hurt as communal clashes erupted over partition. The violence spread across the region with hundreds reported injured and forces deployed to quell the unrest.
Society notes report the Veronicans eight annual Christmas party at Mrs Charles Bagis Rhode Island Street with prizes won by Winter and Charles Saile and a door prize to Mrs Ida Mason. A Kansas City couple announce the birth of Cynthia Louise December 23, and a large family dinner with a gift exchange followed.
Mr and Mrs David Scott and daughter Sarah Louise of Independence arrive for Christmas. M H Malott of Abilene will spend holidays with Chancellor and Mrs Deane W Malott. Miss Ann Murray from Ithaca N Y visits with her parents. Miss Pauline Rankin from University of Wisconsin returns home for the week. Mrs C T Kennedy returns from Memorial hospital. Charles Stough Jr and family to spend days with Mr and Mrs Stough. Mrs John Heather and infant daughter Ann return to Kansas City. Mr and Mrs Werner visit Kansas City for Christmas. Justus Fugate of Wichita visits his mother. Frank Brownlee and family return to Bessette Kan. More guests join the party.
A long list of relatives and friends arrive or plan trips for Christmas. Families travel from Washington D C St Louis Miami and Albuquerque to visit kin in Lawrence and nearby towns. Several attend the Orange Bowl game with trips to Miami New Orleans and Cuba.
Secret Service Chief Leo Smugai said Chicago counterfeiters are using the Christmas rush to move bogus currency in St. Louis. He reported about $400 in counterfeit money surfaced in four days, tied to a Chicago gang previously apprehended. The fake notes are identifiable on close inspection.
AP reports mixed stocks in New York with slightly higher grain quotes and lighter shipping demand. Kansas City hogs and cattle show steady to higher currents with top cattle around 33 dollars and vealers in the mid twenties, receipts totaling around two to four loads.
The Lions Den at the VFW hall 1245 Connecticut Street will close Friday and Saturday this week and reopen next week on Friday and Saturday nights. Christmas at Green Lantern features coffee and cake with a Merry Christmas greeting on checks. Cool, cloudy Christmas Eve with a light snow flurry. Lawrence records a low of 24 and a high of 26. Ed ward C. Anderson recalls placing a South Park tree thirty years ago. In Arizona, a Kansan is killed and four others injured when a tire blowout sends one car into another near Casa Grande.
John K. Pistorius of 202 West Thirteenth Street was fined two dollars by Police Judge O. J. Lane for making a U-turn in downtown Massachusetts Street this morning.
AP wire summaries report no advance livestock receipts for the holiday period in Kansas City. Grain prices include Wheat No 3 294 g3, Corn 238, and various No 3 white and No 2 bids. Illinois and Colorado markets show mixed potato and hay receipts with steady alfalfa and prairie hay prices and notable butter and poultry quotes in Kansas City.
The stock market finished the last session before Christmas with uneven moves and broad sector activity. Leaders fluctuated, with several blue chips reaching new highs while others slid to yearly lows as trading narrowed toward the close.
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